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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-03-24

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t . - -rm faaun .'. rmw """""'''.'tl '""""T!? . . i r I f i ' I r q r." t a ' i .. . II VI .1 :!:i;J::::'-i,.;.":;:.:.;!;;L,)i; .11. .'.. ; I 1 r. J IVIOHCl : d . ... iv VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, MAR. 21, 1857. NO. 19. .". .... , . ft 111 Selected f oefrjj. HINTS TO G1BL8. ' The following " good one," wu written by Fran-ei D. Gaoe. , Wo commend It "to all whom It may ooneorn i " Did you .rtr see a lady Look Into a stranger's face, In on omnibus or rail car, . ' , Ai if laying, Sir, "your plaoe?" Did yon ever aee a lady Walk up to a church paw door, , Lace, ribbons all demanding "Yiold your pew," and nothing more t Did you ever ice a lassie Flirt into an old man's chair, And impending age or honor, '' Let him stand no matter whoro T t Never see the itage coach emptied For some idgot in her pride, And the weary men of bnsiness, Tumbled out to ride outside ? Noveifgo to hear a loeture, . : When some fashionable "doar " , Would come in and make a bustle When you most desired to hear f Routing half the congregation, , And disturbing all the rest, As if she was all creation, Being "fashionably dressed?" j'. . Mow, girls if you're so thankless, So exacting and so free, Time will conic when gonts will answer, , . . Miss, this scat bolongs to me." Never, girls, disturb a lecturo : , , Church or hall, where'er you go, Still respect the rights of others This is " women's rights " you know. Soled Wi?c6lli)(j. BEGINNING LIFE. I began life by running away from homo. Boilcau, we are told, was driven into his career by the hand of fato and the peck of a turkey. Atilla started in life with no other cause and capital than an old sword, which he was adroit enough to pass off for the divino weapon of Mars : and Robespierre owed his political cn- rcer by watting his stockings, and there, "heard the words which burn," which fired his soul and determined his course in life. My running away from homo, camo from a mi nor mortification, caused by carrying a pretty girl over the brook. Donald Leon and myself wcro good friends at fourteen years of ago, and we both regarded, with little more than friendship, pretty Helen Graham, "our eldest girl" at school. Wo romped and danced together, and this lasted for such a length of time that it is with feelings of bewilderment that I look back upon the mystory of two lovers continuing friends. But tho time came, as come it must, when jealousy lit her spark in my boyish bosom, and blew it into a consuming flame. Well do I remember how and wfcen tho "green eyed monster" perpetrated this incendiary deed. It was on a cold October evening when Helen, Donald and myself were returning with our parents from a neighbor-boring hamlet. As wo approached a ford whore tho water ran somewhat higher than ankle-deep, we prepared to carry Helen across, as we were accustomed to do, with hands interwoven "chair fashion," and then carried our pretty passenger over tho brook. J list as wo were in tho middle of tho water (which was cold cnougli at that time to have frozen anything like fooling out of boys less hardy than ourselves,) a faint pang of jealously nipped my heart. Why it was, I knew not, for wo had carried Helen fifty times across the brook ere now, without emotion ; but this evening I thought or fancied Helen gavo Donald an unduo preference by casting her pretty arm around his neck, while sho steadied herself on my side by holding tho cull" of my jacket. , - No flame can burn so quickly or with so little fuel as jealously. Before wo reached the opposite bank, I was wishing Donald at " the bottom of the sea." Boing naturally impetuous, I burst out with " Yo need na hand sao gingerly Helen, as if ye feared a fa'. I can aye carry ye lighter than Donald can half of ye." Surprised at the vehemence of my tone, our queen interposed with an admission that we were both strong, and that she had no idea of sparing my powers. But Donald's ire was kindled, and ho utterly denied that I was qualified to compete with him in feats of carriage. On such topics boys are generally emulous, and by the timo we reached the opposite bank, it was settled that the point sho'd be determined by our singly bearing Helen cross the ford in our arms. Helen was to determine who had carried her most easily, and I sottled with myself privately in advance, that the one who obtained the preference, would really be tho person who stood highest in her affections. The reflection stimulated me to exert every effort, and I verily believe to this day, that I could have carried Donald and Helen on either arm like feathers. But I must not anticipate. We suffored all the rest of the party to pass quietly along, and then returned to the ford. I lifted Helen with the utmost care tnd carried her like an infant to the middle of tbewsier. Joalously had inspired a warmer Jove, and it was with feolings unknown before that I embraced her lovely form, and felt tho pressure of her soft cheek against mine. All went swimmingly, or rather wadingly, for a minuto. But alas, in the deepest part of the ford, I trod on a treacherous piece of wood, which rested, I suppose, on a smooth stone. Over I rolled, bearing Helen with me, nor did , jve rise until fairly soaked from head to foot. J need not describe the taunts of Donald, or the more accursing silence of Helen. Both believed that I had fallen from mere weakness, and my rival demonstrated his superior ability, bearing her a long distance on our homeward pat.br. ,As we approached the house, fdoling dry ajnd better humored, Bhe attempted to conciliate me. But I preserved a moody silence. I was mortified beyond redress. That night I packed upa fsw things and ran away. My boyish mind, sensitive and irritated, exaggerated the negation which it had received, ind prompted roe to a course which fortunately led to better results than generally attend such irregularities. I went to Edinburgh, "here I found an uncle, a kind-hearted, hilillesa man. who ears me a place la bis house, and employed me in his business. Wealth flow4 in upon Dim. - Became ms partner went abroad resided four years on ih continent : and finally returned to 800U jand, rich, educated, in short everything but married. Ona avenint while at a ball in Glassfron wasstruck young lad tf unpretending appearanco, but whose remarkablo beauty and high-toned expression, indicated a mind of more than ordinary power. I was introduced, but tho Scottish names had long been unfa miliar to my car, and I could not catch hers. It was Helen something, and there was some thing in her face, too, that seemed familiar something suggestive of pleasure and pain. Uut we became well acquainted that even ing. 1 learned without dilllcuity her History. She was from tho country, had been educated, her parents had lost their property, and she was now a governess in a family in the city. I was fascinated by her conversation, and was contniually reminded by hor grace and re finement of manner, that she was capable of moving with a distinguished success in a fur higher sphere than that which fortune seemed to have allotted her. J. am naturally neitner talkative nor prone to confidence ; but there was that in this young lady which inspired both, and I conversed with her as I had never conversed with any. Her questions of the various countries with which I was familiar, indicated a remarkablo knowledge of litera ture, and am incredible store of information, We progressed in intimacy, and as our con versation turned on the causes which induce so many to leave their native land, I laughing' ly remarked that I owed my own travels to falling with a pretty girl into a brook. I had hardly spoken these words, ere the blood mounted to her face, and was succeeded by quito a remarkable paleness. I attributed this to the heat of the room laughed and at her request, proceeded to give the details of my ford adventure with Helen Urariam, which I did, painting in glowing colors the amiabili ty of my love. Her mirth during tho recital became almost irrepressible. At the conclusion she remarked : " Mr. Roberts, is it possible that you have forgotten me 7" I gazed an instant remembered and was dumb-founded. The lady with whom I had become acquainted was Helen Uraham hcrsclt. I hate, and so do you, reader, to needlessly prolong a story. We were soon married.' Helen and I made our bridal visit to the old placo. As we approached it in our carriage, 1 greeted a stout fellow working in the field, who seemed to be a better sort of laborer, or per haps a small farmer, by inquiring some par' ticulars relating to the neighborhood. He an swered well enough, and I was about to give him a sixpence, when Helen stayed my hand, and cried in the old style " Hey, Donald, mon, dinna ye ken ye'rold fren's?" Tho man looked up in astonishment. It was Donald Leon. His amazement at our appearance was heightened by its style ; and it was with the greatest difficulty that we could in-duco him to enter our carringe and answerour numerous queries as to old friends. Ditlorcnt men "start in life " dittcrent ways. I beliove, however, that mine is the only in stance on record of a gentleman who owes wealth and happiness to rolling over with a pretty girl in a stream of water. Fashions at Washington. By some singular and unaccountable streak of good luck, a Western editor actually made a raise of sufficient " wherewith " to bear his expenses down to Washington to attend the Inauguration. While there ho tho't he must see the sights all round, and accordingly tho evening ot the 4th round mm among tne countless throng that visited the huge danc ing shed erected for that grand occasion. 1 he editor became excited took notes on the back of an uncollected subscription bill and after his return homo, perpetrated the following : " Tho dancing hero was somewhat 'pecooliar.' It was mainly quadrilles, so called, ranged crossways of tho Hall, with head sets only in contra dance style. Tho changes were few and simple, such as right and lcit, lorward and back, ladies change and then repeated. There wcro no side sets no regular cotnions at all. This want of variety in this Metro politan dancing was, however, fully made up by tho fancy flings, such as tho Waltz and Polka. These wcro absolutely naruarous. Tho old-fashioned Waltz, tho morality of which even Byron called in question, is hero ignored as altogether too cold and distant. The lady here lays her head on the'gentlo-man's bosom, puts one hand in his and the other in his coat tail pocket, then resigns herself to his embraces, and goes to sleep, all but her feet, which, when notcarnod by him clear off tho floor, goes pattering around on the tips of her toes. Tho gentleman thus entwined, throws his hoad back and his eyes up like a dying calf; his body bent in the shapo of a figure 4, ho whirls, baeKS up, swings arouna, swoons, to all appearances, pusnes iorwaru. aud leaves the ring, to tho great delight of all decent people." Public Opinion of Crime. The Albany Evening Journal thus tersely describes tho popular effect of a great crime : There are just three stages oi popular ex citement over a great crime : First, tho bloodthirsty, wnicn is lor seizing somebody on the slightest suspicion, and stringing him up on the nearest tree. Or, it is for poking him into the fire with pitchforks, because " hanging is too good for him." This lasts till tho culprit is undor sontence, lock, and key. Xhon the compassionate, wnen jurors sign petitions for his pardon, and judges regret the severity of the sentence j when turnkeys praise his gentlemanly manners, and clergymen his repentant spirit j when boys obtain his autograph, and women treasure up locks of his hair. These are tho times that try the souls of Governors. And then the contemptuous, which if dead, sneers over his coffin ; if living, bids him go starve out of the way of honest men, and rails at the Executive and Judicial clemency, which it just before besought This is tho history of every murder from Abel down to Burdell. Tho publio always hates criminals before conviction, pities them when convicted, and scorns them when sot free. We do not quarrel with human nature for ficklo phasos ; we must take it as it is. But it should be the watchful care of the ministers of lw that they are not hurried by the first, cajoled by the second, or hardened by the third. (ttr"Dr. Bush told a friend that he was once in company with a lady, a professor of religion, who was speaking of the pleasure she a rW ail a . thn .U..,AM 1M .Via mninff utibiiwu a, .uvaigi. Ill lvv.vai.ua,. " What, madam I " said he, " do you go to the theatre?" . " Yes," wu the reply, " and don't you go, doctor?" ' " No, madam," said he, " I never go to such places." " Why, sir, do you not go ? Do you think it sinful 7 " said she. He replied, "I never will publish to the world that I think Jesus Christ a bad master, and religion an unsatisfying portion, which I hould do If I went on the devil's ground in auest of h&rroiness." ' This argument was short, but .conclusive. Tb lady concluded not to go. Jriictcgiiiicj vliiricl(j. Ilia. GIDDINQS TO MR. BENTON. Jeffeiisos, Feb. 17, W57. Hon. Thomas H. Bestos : Sir In tho re ports of your lecture on " Saving the Union," recently delivered in -Sew England and New York, you are represented as saying, " the Constitution of the United Statessetsout with the declaration that ' tfaves are property.' " That view of our Constitution is cortainly im portant. If correct, it should bo understood and admitted by .Northern men ; if incorrect, it should bo promptly met and exposed. I he doctrine that man, bearing tho image of his God, immortal in his hopes, and aspira tions, can be translormcd into proporty, changed from the human to the brute creation, is repugnant to the teachings of nature and of revelation ; in direct contradiction to the intentions and understanding of those who founded our government ; in conflict with tho convictions and objects of thoso who framed our Constitution ; and is contradicted in tho most emphatic-manner by tho spirit and letter ot that instrument. It is repugnant to the julgmenl of mankind. In no ago of the world, in no part of creation, has a being existed in tho form of man, with the ordinary intellect possessed by our race, who did not feel conscious that no other per son could have rightful power over his life, his liberty, or his labor. This consciousness was infused into the soul of man. Neither you, nor the most strenuous advocato oi Slavory, ever did, or ever will admit that you can be disrobed of your manhood, transferred into a bruto and made the property of your brother man. Xou are conscious that your lungs are inflated by your own inspiration : your limbs move at tho instaneo of your own will, and not at the instaneo of another ; your hands cultivate the earth and gather its fruits under guidance of your own judgment, and if you fail to feed and nourish your body agreeably to the demands of nature, you die. When you have obtained for the nourishment of your own body, you will not admit the right of another to take it from you. You are conscious that such robbery would bo wrong, an offense against natural justice. Yet these propositions are merely self-evident truths, standing parallel with the absolute right of every man to his own body and tho use of his own limbs, I be south oca cannibals kill and eat the bodies of thoso whom they conquer; but even tho New Zelandcr denies the right of others to slay and eat him. He is fully conscious of his right to enjoy his own lite, liberty and In bor ; and will shed his blood in defending those rights. He holds that "allegiance to the power which gave him the form, requires him to defend the rights of man," and Sheridan spoke truly whon in 1702 ho declared that " never yet was this truth dismissed from the human heart, never in any time, in any age, never in any clime where rude men had any social feelings, never was this unextinguishiable truth destroyed from the heart of man, placed as it is in the core and center by his Creator, that Jiiaii was not made the property of man." Tho doctrine that Slaves are property is op posed to tho teachings of Mature and or Revelation.In our Slave States men arc held and treated as property. The owners attach to them tho incidents of property. They regard the wholo physical and moral being of the slave subservient to the interest of his owner. Ihey seek to prolong tho lives of tho slaves so far as will be profitable to tho master, and.no longer. They drive him so hard as to procure death at that period which tho owners believe most conducive to their interest. It is a well ascertained fact that twenty-five thousand murders are thus eommittcd on Southern plantations annually, under the excuse that slaves are property. I need not say that such barbarity is revolting to all the feelings of our nature.Sir, I feel deeply pained, when I reflect that a man of your political intelligence charges our Federal Constitution with such heathenish barbarity. Nature teaches us that the design and ob ject of human cxistenco is to elevate and un told tho intellect, the spirit, tho soul of man : that tho body is merely tho tenement, the habitation of the soul, to be nourished and mado healthy in order to render it an agreeable dwelling for the moral being. Constitutions and Laws may direct your body and limbs to obey another man. Slaveholders and Pirates may command them to do their bidding, but they cannot control them until they enslave your mind, degrado it, shut up the windows of the soul, enshroud it in moral darkness, and prevent its expansion, its eleva tion, its enjoyment. We shudder at the con templation ot such violation ol nature's laws. ISor is tho doctrine less repugnant to revo lution. The Scripture informs us that tho Creator gavo to man dominion over the fish of the sea, the fowl of tho air, and over the cattle and over all the earth. Those are property. The Creator himself drew a very marked dis tinction between persons and property, and no human laws or human constitutions can obliterate tho line of demarcation which He has drawn. Neither pirates nor slaveholders, nor piratical legislatures, can transform the imago of God into that of tho brute. True, they may call men brutes, or declare them property; but they retain the human Term and the soul though wronged, dwarted and impns oned in the dark dungeon of Slavery, will burn with immortal desiro and will break from its imprisonment and loavo the owner naught but an offensive, putrifying carcass, that he may retain and use as property ; while tho man will repair to tho bar of retributive justico,and make his appeal against those who attempt to convert immortal beings into brutes. If there be any mandate of Scriptures ol Christianity binding on man, it is that which commands us to "do unto others whatsoever we would have them do unto us," and he who holds his fellow man as property, while he is himself unwilling to be converted into a brute, is an infidel, I am aware that vou will answer that preach ers, evon doctors of divinity, teach us that men may innocently hold and treat their brethren of the same church as property; that men may rightfully buy and soil the image ot trod ; may without guilt sell the Savior in tho per son of His followers. I reply, that such teachers are not only infidels, but thoy are hypocrites.They are far more depraved than were those Algerines, who near the close of the lost century, seized and enslaved our American citizens, and held and treated them as property. The civilized world pronounced them heathen, barbarians, pirates, unfit for human association. Our nation sent a navy and army; and butchered them without mercy, and rescued their victims from bondage. But you and every other reflecting man will admit that those Algerines, bred and educated under Mahomedan superstition, were less atrocious, and far less guilty, than are those Doctors of Divinity referred to j yet, they were worthy of death, and were slain while torn preachors of our land ire permitted to live, and unrestrained they endeavor tocorruptourholy religion, by teach ing tho most revolting inlidclty that evor curs ed tho earth. Tho doctrino that slaves are property, is in direct contradiction to tho understanding and purposes of thoso who achieved our National independence. At the time of our revolution, the rights of mankind had long agitated tho civilized world. Tho divino right of Kings, tho division of mankind into classes, with various privileges, had surrounded the people of the old world with institutions which bad become petrified with age. Thcso ideas and doctrines were discarded by our fathors, who declared that all men hold from their creator equal rights to life, liberty, and happiness. No language could have been more explicit; no form of expression could have been better understood. If the Constitution regards slaves as property, our Declaration of Independence was an aggregation of falsehoods, and the revolution itself was a fraud upon mankind. The doctrine that slaves are property, is opposed to the expressed intentions of thoso who framed our Constitution In tho Convention which framed tho Constitution, a proposition was made to tax the importers of slaves. Mr. Sherman objected that such a tax would imply that slaves were property. Mr. Gerry declared that as " Congress would have no power over tho institution within the States, we ought to be careful to lend no sanction to it." And Mr. Madison, since styled the father of that charter of liberty declared it would bo wrong to admit in the Constitution that men can hold property in men ; and the language was so changed as to read thus : " A tax of not more than ten dollars for each person, might be levied," thereby excluding the idea of property. This was done by tho unanimous consent of the convention. Not a member objected to Mr. Madison's views. It is clear that the framors of tho Constitution, so far from declaring slaves to be property, expressed an intention directly opposed to such a proposition. The doctrino that slaves are property is emphatically contradicted by the spirit and letter of that instrument. The objects for which it was adopted pervade every section, article and paragraph. It was adopted " to establish justice," not to establish injusticcand crime. Tho framers de clare it was adopted "to secure the blessings.of liberty ; not to uphold tho curse ot slavery, or to maintain tho barbarous doctrine that man may be converted into property. But the peo-plo'had contended, they had toiled, had fought and bled to establish the heaven born truth, that all men have equal rights to life, liberty and labor; and although tho Constitution maintained that doctrino in its purpose and spirit, the people felt that a more explicit declaration of this great principle ought to be boldly and especially proclaimed in it ; and some of tho States proposed an amendment, declaring that "no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law ;" that is without trial and conviction for crime. Virginia felt that this amor -'.mcnt would be fatal to all future right to proporty in man, unless it were within the Stato jurisdiction. Her convention therefore proposed to limit the amendment to free men making it read that " no free man shall bo deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law' The issuo was thus fairly made ; it was fairly met and fairly decided. The requisite number of states declared in favor of tho amendment as it now reads ; and it was adopted, and is a part of tho federal Constitution ; and every timo you and I havo taken tho oath of office as members of Congress, we have sworn that so far as wo had influenco and power, " no person shall be deprived of lifo, liberty or property without due process of law." If you have sworn to regard slaves, or any other portion of our race, as property, you do well to let tho country know it. It is the doctrino of Judge Kane, it is tho doctrine of Senator Toombs, it is tho doctrine of President Pierce, of slaveholders and tho Democratic party. If true, tho slave dealer may not merely bring his slaves into and through our frco States, but he may open a market for his women in Stato street Boston, Wall street New York, or in Chestnut street Philadelphia. He may traffic in mankind in any free State. I need not say that Congress has at all times discarded this proposition when brought up for discussion in that body. I need not refer to tho fact that it was fully argued before the Supreme Court in 1842. That Judge M'Lean, to his honor and imperishable fame as a christian j urist, gave an elaborate and able decision, declaring that the "fcdoral Constitution does' not regard slaves as property." Nor need I say that Chief Justice Taney agreed with him. Nor need I say that tho record shows that the other members of the Court failed to meet the question, not daring to insult the nation or the spirit of civilization, by declaring tho doctrine which you assert. I, sir, have ceased, for the timo being, to mingle in tho great political conflict now going on in our nation. I am disabled and removed from the scene of strife, but I yet linger upon the field, watching the tide of battle, as it moves slowly onward. I can only aid the lovers of liberty with my pen and my prayers. -Hero tho reports of your lecturo reached me, and stimulated me to give some fccblo expression to the emotions I folt on reading the opinion which you advanced. No argument can over attach Bcpublicans, lovers of liberty, to a Union or a Constitution, sustaining the barbarous, tho heathenish, tho in-fidol principles which you ascribe to our federal Constitution. If tho Union and the Constitution bo preserved, it must bo by carrying out the doctrine, tho spirit in which thoy were adopted, and not by cngiafting on the chartor of liberty a doctrino so abhorrent to its letter and spirit. It is with emotions of pleasure, of gratitudo to God and my countrymen, that I contemplate a great, a powerful, and increasing party in our nation, basing its doctrines ana its nopos, upon tho self-evident truth that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and property. Each member of that party is solemnly sworn, that "noporson" under federal jurisdiction, shall be deprivod of these God-given rights, if their influonce or powor can prevent it. I would cheer every member of the Republican party, in his efforts to maintain its doctrines by steady, firm, combined and unceasing labor, exhorting them to oast aside all differences of opinion upon other and minor subjects, unite upon the great political, moral, and religious truths, which constitute their platform, and toil on and toil ever, until our country shall be redeemed from the control of men, who would prostitute its powers to degrade a portion of the human family brutalize and convert them into property. Very Respectfully, J. R. GIDDINGS, 02T The premium of $200, announced in 1858, for the best tract on " The Family Re lation as affected by Blavory," has been awar ded by tne uommittee to vt. Uharios ft. Whipple, of Eoston. Ii)kh'3i!ni Jrifvlilcjciicc. ADJOURNMENT OP THE Tl'.RlllTO-1IIAL LEGISLATURE! THE LAWS PASSED. MEMBERS APPOIXTINO THEMSELVES TO OFFICE. THE GOVERNOR GIVEN UP. The Governor and the Legislature Rec onciled and get druuk together. Correspondence of tha Cincinnati Gazette. Lecomptoh, K. T., Feb. 23, '67. The fraudulent Assembly of Missouri-elect ed men, who have again been making laws tor tho territory, have concluded their labors and adjourned. It was confidently expected by thoso who are called the " Geary men " here, that this session would bo marked by moderation, and the repeal of all obnoxious laws. So far from this being tho case, the little of repeal there was is a more mockery, and they have enacted many laws more out rageous even than thoso of last session, and far more dangerous to the public pcaco. Somo of the laws they have mado would have disgraced any of tho despotisms of Europe. A great mass of legislative matter in the shape of general laws, bills and charters, has been enacted. Gov. Geary has signed every bill presented except three. The first was tho bail bill, to bail murder cases. The second was a lawaboutpre-empt-ing the school lands. This was not very important. It would have been passed over his veto, but was forgotten. Tho third was the constitutional or census bill, under which the steps for State government are to be taken by the Pro-slavery party. This bill tho Gover nor vetoed. It passed over his veto unani mously. Tho election law for the next general elec tion in October is a very unjust law. Its provisions prevent any but thoso listed at tho March census under the constitutional census from voting. That census is the basis of the appointment. The Territory is re-districted. ine law win exclude all tho bona fide emigration of this spring from voting, while every Missourian who is on the list will be allowed to vote. It is needless to say that no peaceful or satisfactory settlement of the difficulties can be had in tho territory, while the United States government upholds these vile usurpations. Thoso who expect that the people can be subdued thus will find it a fearful mistake. But it may cost the country and Kansas much. There 'were tw-o joint sessions held, in which tho Legislature elected officers for the people throughout the Territory. In all the new counties that havo been organized, county Judges, Commissioners, and shcritls, have been elected. All vacancies that have occurred have been filled, and where men formerly appointed were not supposed to be sound, they were removed and others elected. A message was sent to the Governor, demanding if he had taken it upon himself to appoint any of- licers, and if any, to send the particulars to them, and his authority for doing so. This was supposed to mean tho militia officers ho commissioned. I he Governor gave up the point. It is all left with this Legislature. Prosecuting Attorneys have been elected by this- Legislature. All of tho militia officers, above the rank of Captain, havo been selected by them. Those officers appoint all subordinates. A bill to allow the companies to elect their own officers was defeated in the Council. It is a disgraceful fact that this Legislature is electing its own members to all the offices of importance in tho Territory, borne of them get two or three offices. All the others who have got othec are the most notorious and wild of tho Pro-slavery men, such as will carry out the corrupt laws ot their corrupt masters. Deputy Marshal Preston, who brought liov. Robinson from Lexington, Missouri, last June, to the Territory, and who had a requisition for his prisoner, on tho Governor of Missouri, has had a bill passed granting him $370 for his services and expenses. This is over and above his fees as Deputy Marshal. 1 ho Legislature adjourned some timo in the night between Friday and Saturday. During that night, most ot the members were tipsy. and many of them pretty drunk. They passed the following resolutions : Whereas, Tho relations existing between the Executive and Legislative branches of our territorial government are of the most friendly kind, therefore be it Resolved, by the House or Ueprcscntntiveg, the council concurring, That the two Houses proceed, at tho closo of the session to-night, to visit his Excellency at his otbco, and exhibit such friendly feelings as becomes one branch of our government to show anothor, with assurance of regard and esteem for his individ ual weltare. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to his Excellency, and another for publication. Uov. Geary invited the members of the Leg islature to visit him at the close of the session. Having adjourned, they went to the Governor's rooms and had a grand jolification, most of them getting drunk. Speeches were made. Gov. Geary mode one and complimented the laws they had mado, and assured thorn ho would see them enforced. CARRAWAY. From tho Correspondence of tho Mo. Democrat. Important Facts to Kansas Em- grants. 1. Kansas has an area of 114,798 square miles. 2. Tho land at present open to pre-emp tion is large enough to accommodate 75,000 families, or half a million of persons, exclusive of the population of cities, towns and villages. 3. Kansas is the garden as well as geo graphical centre of the United States. . its climate is genial ana ncaitny, and its soil of unsurpassed fertility. b. ll has wood enough lor all practical pur poses. o. Uoal linnks have been discovered in eve ry district of tho Territory. 7. It is intorsected in every direction by running streams ; pure water is found, at moderate depth, in every part of the Territory. 8. 1 here are numbers or salt springs a few miles westward of Fort Riloy. 9. The land will bo sold at s dollar and a ouartcr per acre. 10. Every man has the poer, if not the legal right, to sell his claim before he pays for it ; and if he selects iudioiously, ha will find no trouble in disposing of it. A. great doal of money can be made in this way by young men who have the courage to " rough it " and the industry to improve their claims. 11. Every tntlo adult or widow is entitled under the laws of Congress, to pre-empt 160 acres ; and they are not required to pay for it until tho time of the publio sale. 12. Land warrants those issued in 1850 excepted will be taken in paymont of pre emptiou claims. 13. Those men Free Stato men who cannot raise $'100, when their land falls due, will find no difficulty in borrowing it, or in mortgaging their farm. 14. All the Indian tribes are friendly v the Free State men. 15. Stone masons, carpenters, blabksmi jhs, plasterers, wagon makers, gun smiths, cabinet makers, teamsters, brick makers, shoe makers, tailors, painters, butchers, pedlars, men willing to work at any manual labor, may emigrate to tho Territory ns soon as navigation opens and find little difficulty, if any, in procuring steady work and remunerative wages. 16. For the services of rcspcctablo young women as teachers, domestic helps and scam-stresses, there is a great demand in every new country and especially so in Kansas. 17. Wliilo Kansas is pre-eminently tho country for the poor man, it holds out advantages equally encouraging for tho man of limited fortune. While a man without a dollar can find remunerative work, the small capitalist or storekeeper will increase his fortune more rapidly there than in any other territory in the United States. 18. Ho can do it by buying Trust Lands, town lots, claims, or by loaning money on good security at a heavy rate of interst 19. Ho can do it more rapidly still, by establishing work shops or stores ; by building and renting houses; by keeping a hotel or erecting a snw-mill. There are openings enough for all thjse enterprises and every variety of them in every town and district of Kansas. 20. Claims can be purchased around all the inland towns in Kansas. The price do-ponds very much on tho means of the settler the shrewdness of the buyer, tho character of ho sou and the location of the claim. 21. A log hut can bo built on a claim for from $50 to $100. 22. The price of horses, cows and work ing cattle in Kansas, and in tho adjoining counties of Missouri, is about the same as in the middle and New Lngland States. 23. Prairio land can bo broken from tho 1st of May till the middlo of September here, for $3 per acre. 24. Ono team will break from two to two and a half acres a day. ?ii?Ci:liqi()ccq?. fCr Captain John Brown otherwiso " Old Brown "tho Ethan Allen of Kansas is now in Boston. We see by tho papers that he addressed a largo meeting at tho Stato House on tho 18th inst. In speaking of his career in Kansas, ho mentioned several circumstances which it will bo interesting to repeat. "On or about tho 20th of May, two ol my sons, with several others, wore imprisoned without other crime than opposition to bogus legislation, and most barbariously treated for a timo ono being held about ono month, the other about four months. Ono of them was chained, and suffered such cruelty that he was made a maniac." At Black Jack, tho invading Missounans wounded three free State men, one of them his son-in-law, and a few days afterwards ono of his sons was so wounded that he would bo a cripple for life. "In August I was present and saw tho mangled and disfigured body of Hoyt brought into our camp." " I saw the ruins of many free State men's houses at different places in the Territory, to gether with grain in the stack burning and wasted in other ways to tho amount ot at least $50,000. " I know that for much of the time during the summer the travel was cut off, and none but armed men dare move at all. " Deserted houses and corn fields were to be found in almost every direction south of the Kansas river. " I saw the burning of Ossawattomie by a body of four to six hundred ruffians on the 30th of August. "I once saw three mangled bodies two ol which were dead, one alive, but with twenty bullet and buckshot holes in him, after the two murdered men had lain on the ground to be worked at by the flies for some eighteen hours. One of these young men was my own son." The old man paused and struggled to suppress his emotion. tlo then proceeded to mention other horri ble things that he saw men uiurdored and mangled, house-burnings, &e. Married her Father's Coachman. Mr. John G. Bokcr is a rather prominent importer of wines and liquors, doing business in New York. Mr. Bolter's residence is in Tarrytown, where he keeps a turn-out and a coachman. He spends the winter in the city with his son-in-law, Mr. Louis Funk, Jr. Mr. Boker has a daughtor, Mary Ann,twenty-two years old, and for a year or two past has had an Irish coachman, John Dean, with a very red face, an honest broguo, and a hearty, simple manner modost, too, for an Irishman. It must havo been rather lonely in Tarrytown ; thoy lived there only three ta the family Mr. and Mrs. Boker and Mary Ann liked to ride out with the coachman, liked to take tho air it was necessary to her health liked to see the country, and finally included the coachman in her liking, and at last tnoy were married. On Saturday evening John camo to the office of Mr. Charlos 8. Sponcer, in Broadway, to get his wire. John was as-surred that his wife should bo restored to him; Mr. Spencer at once drew up a pctitiou for a writ of habeas corpus, and before to-morrow's sun the romantic bride will doubtless be restored to hor sturdy husband. Aw l'ork litbune. (fcJ-Thc majority of rcadors seem to think that nothing can be more easy or pleasant than to edit a paper; but of all tho different employments by which men make thoir bread and buttor, thore is none, we firmly belicTO, that so taxes the mind, temper and tlesh as that of editing a paper. There is none that requires a nicer tact.a quicker wit, or a kinder heart. A curtish temper could novor succeed as an editor ; nor a narrow-minded man, nor an ignorant one, nor a hasty one, nor an unforgiving one. An editor must of necessity turn himsolf innido out to the public. He cannot be a hypocrite any more than a husband could be a hypocrite to his wife. He must expose himself in all that he does, as much irj selecting tho thoughts of others as in publishing bis own, and therefore the better way for him In the outsot is to begin frankly, to save himsolf from after contradictions and mortifications. Whoover succeeds tolorably well as an editor, is something more than an ordinary man lot his contemporaries think of him as tbey will. , (fir An old man .when dangerously sick, was urged to take the advice of a physician, but objected, saying, "I wish to die a natural ovor . - ...... .. .., , .. 03r During the year 1856 there were fifty-seven deaths by delirium tremens in the Charity Hospital at Sew Orleans. COMMON SCHOOLS IX OHIO. Wo have received tho third Annual Report of the State Commissioner ofCommon Schools, to the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, fur tho year ending August 31, 1S56, , It is a solid pamphlet of ono hundred and eight pages, and contains a vaHt doal of valuable mat-the respecting the present condition, the post history, and tho future requirement of eur Common Schools. From the reports of the County Auditors fur the year ending August 31, 1856, it appears the total number of townships reported by their boards of education was 1,357. i The total number of special and separate, school districts reported by the boards of education of cities, towns and incorporated villages, was 250. The total number of sub-districts reported, was 8,983. , . Of this number 8,311 were each composed of territory lying in ono township, and 672 were "joint sub-districts," so called from boing composed of territory lying in two or more adjacent townships. Tho total number of white and colored youth in October, 1856, was 826,680. The number enrolled during the year was 561,315; the number in avorago daily attendance was 322,643. , Tho number of teachers employed in 1855 was 17,813 males, 9,449 ; females, 8,364. Tho average wages, per month, paid to teachers was, to males $20,70 ; to females, $15,63, Tho wholo amount of money paid for teachers' wages in the several cities, townships, and incorporated villages from which reports have been rocoived, was, to males, $1,023,212,29 : to females, $531,194,95; total $1,654,707,24. The amount of taxes levied and collected in tho townships, cities, and incorporated villa, ges, for purchasing school-houso sites, building, furnishing, and repairing school-houses, providing fuel, cases for books and apparatus, and other contingent expenses, was $1,066.-762,22.The amount received from the State, being the proceeds of tho State School tax, sales ut section 16, precceds of different School Funds, licenses, fines, &c, $1,339,681,55. Tho wholo number of school-houses in the Stato as reported, was 8,114 ; total valne of the same $3,270, 691. The whole number of school houses built during the year, as repor ted, was bZi ; total valuo ot the same, $374,-547.Besides these statistics, the report contains many valuable suggestions nnd observations of tho Commissioner, Mr. Barney, on the operation of the School Law ; needed modifica tions, arc, of great advantage to schuol directors, examiners, and teachers. , From a tabular statemont of the reported condition of schools in this State fur twenty years, as reported, we take the following aggregate : Number of children enrolled, 4,098,. 437; number of teachers employed, 158,623 ; amount paid teachers, $8,897,888 ; number of school houses built, 9,718 ; cost of same, $2.-385,706. Over eleven millions expended on teachers and school houses In twenty years I Who believes it is wasted? In this matter wo can truly say, what we spent we've got. Cleveland Leader. " ill faking the Best ot It. , It is rumored that the family whoso daughter has lately entered into a matrimonial alii-' ance with an Irish coachman, have decided to-put tho "groom" into a crucible, and refine and educate him up to the standard of "re-, spcctability." In the meantime, all the good ' looking " whips " of the Fifth avenue are gat-ting their walking tickets ; and hereafter, the ; advertisement for coachmen, will read none but tho ugliest looking (and married at that) need apply. P. S. We don't know why upportendom should turn up its dainty nose at the smell of 1 the stable, while one of its most pretentious representatives kept a small livery stablo but a fow years cince; and all the "eternal per-r fume" faom the Holy City cannot wholly' eradicate his native airs. jV. Y. Mirror. Divorce Wauled. , In the House of Representatives, Ind.. Mr. Laruo presented the following petition : Dated Petersburg, Tipton county. To tho . Senate and House of Representatives in session. I pray you to grant mo a bill of divorce from my wife, Caroline Bunch as she wants one, to be free from me, and I want to be frco from her. Sho has violated all laws of husband and wife. We have separated. The viola- ' tion is bad. So I pray your honors, and you , all have authority, to send us a bill of divorce as this is your busines. I pray you grant me this request. Send it to Petersburg, Tipton county, Indiana. Send it soon, as she wants to go to Uino as soon as it is obtainod. , WM. S. BUNCH. ' The petition was referred to the Committee on Benevolent Institutions. ' Confusion 'Worse Confounded. A lawyer with an immense beard was bad gering a witness in one of the Canada courts:'7 "Now, my good man, have the goodness to loc k me full in the face, and explain what has caused the confusion under which yon confes sedly labor. As a general rule people are not apt to bo so much put abojit when tellin.; the simplo voracitudo. I fear that you have too good cause for humming and hawing after this preposterous fashion." " eul, sir," responded tho witness, who wo may state was a native of North Britton " if you must have the truth you will have it. I he thing that sae sairly confuses me, and puts me about, is that buck's tail hanging frae your lower lip ! " Mighty, adds tho Toronto Globo. was the shout of laughter which the retort evoked. As Orisios. A wostorn chap gives us views of tho New York woman in this way r " Somewhere in every circumleronce of silk; velvet and cctry that ngglcs along Broadway thars alius a woman, I 'spoiw ; but how much; of the holler is filled up with meat, and how ' much is gnmmon, the meer spectatur ken ner. er no. A feller marry s a site, and finds, when, it comes to the pint, that he has niithin in his arms but a regular anatomy. Ef men is gay decevcrs, wat's to be scd of a lemnlo that dres ses for a hundred and forty weight, buthasent rocly as much fat on her as would greess - griddle. All of the aparicnt plumbneas eon- c sisting of cotton and whalebone." ' ,.- .--'Z (r F. B. Harrison, of J ones county,' -tf C ' publishes an offer of $50 for the recovery of his boy Sara, or $100 for his head equivalent -" to $50 premium for the murder of his runs- t way. Two justkas of the peace also issue a notice against Sam, with permission that if ha f does not return immfdiataljt, "any person many kill and destroy tha said slave, by aucH meant as he it ther mar think fit. without accusation or Impeachment of any Crime of of- , fense for so doing, and without incurring any penalty and forfeiture thereby." I 0 ' mi III '. . . ., I (7 The Iowa Legislature ban chattered C bridge company at Burlington, and . a rthor at Keokuk, to bridge the MiRsifv.ppi. to il '). -1 'I V

t . - -rm faaun .'. rmw """""'''.'tl '""""T!? . . i r I f i ' I r q r." t a ' i .. . II VI .1 :!:i;J::::'-i,.;.":;:.:.;!;;L,)i; .11. .'.. ; I 1 r. J IVIOHCl : d . ... iv VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, MAR. 21, 1857. NO. 19. .". .... , . ft 111 Selected f oefrjj. HINTS TO G1BL8. ' The following " good one," wu written by Fran-ei D. Gaoe. , Wo commend It "to all whom It may ooneorn i " Did you .rtr see a lady Look Into a stranger's face, In on omnibus or rail car, . ' , Ai if laying, Sir, "your plaoe?" Did yon ever aee a lady Walk up to a church paw door, , Lace, ribbons all demanding "Yiold your pew," and nothing more t Did you ever ice a lassie Flirt into an old man's chair, And impending age or honor, '' Let him stand no matter whoro T t Never see the itage coach emptied For some idgot in her pride, And the weary men of bnsiness, Tumbled out to ride outside ? Noveifgo to hear a loeture, . : When some fashionable "doar " , Would come in and make a bustle When you most desired to hear f Routing half the congregation, , And disturbing all the rest, As if she was all creation, Being "fashionably dressed?" j'. . Mow, girls if you're so thankless, So exacting and so free, Time will conic when gonts will answer, , . . Miss, this scat bolongs to me." Never, girls, disturb a lecturo : , , Church or hall, where'er you go, Still respect the rights of others This is " women's rights " you know. Soled Wi?c6lli)(j. BEGINNING LIFE. I began life by running away from homo. Boilcau, we are told, was driven into his career by the hand of fato and the peck of a turkey. Atilla started in life with no other cause and capital than an old sword, which he was adroit enough to pass off for the divino weapon of Mars : and Robespierre owed his political cn- rcer by watting his stockings, and there, "heard the words which burn," which fired his soul and determined his course in life. My running away from homo, camo from a mi nor mortification, caused by carrying a pretty girl over the brook. Donald Leon and myself wcro good friends at fourteen years of ago, and we both regarded, with little more than friendship, pretty Helen Graham, "our eldest girl" at school. Wo romped and danced together, and this lasted for such a length of time that it is with feelings of bewilderment that I look back upon the mystory of two lovers continuing friends. But tho time came, as come it must, when jealousy lit her spark in my boyish bosom, and blew it into a consuming flame. Well do I remember how and wfcen tho "green eyed monster" perpetrated this incendiary deed. It was on a cold October evening when Helen, Donald and myself were returning with our parents from a neighbor-boring hamlet. As wo approached a ford whore tho water ran somewhat higher than ankle-deep, we prepared to carry Helen across, as we were accustomed to do, with hands interwoven "chair fashion," and then carried our pretty passenger over tho brook. J list as wo were in tho middle of tho water (which was cold cnougli at that time to have frozen anything like fooling out of boys less hardy than ourselves,) a faint pang of jealously nipped my heart. Why it was, I knew not, for wo had carried Helen fifty times across the brook ere now, without emotion ; but this evening I thought or fancied Helen gavo Donald an unduo preference by casting her pretty arm around his neck, while sho steadied herself on my side by holding tho cull" of my jacket. , - No flame can burn so quickly or with so little fuel as jealously. Before wo reached the opposite bank, I was wishing Donald at " the bottom of the sea." Boing naturally impetuous, I burst out with " Yo need na hand sao gingerly Helen, as if ye feared a fa'. I can aye carry ye lighter than Donald can half of ye." Surprised at the vehemence of my tone, our queen interposed with an admission that we were both strong, and that she had no idea of sparing my powers. But Donald's ire was kindled, and ho utterly denied that I was qualified to compete with him in feats of carriage. On such topics boys are generally emulous, and by the timo we reached the opposite bank, it was settled that the point sho'd be determined by our singly bearing Helen cross the ford in our arms. Helen was to determine who had carried her most easily, and I sottled with myself privately in advance, that the one who obtained the preference, would really be tho person who stood highest in her affections. The reflection stimulated me to exert every effort, and I verily believe to this day, that I could have carried Donald and Helen on either arm like feathers. But I must not anticipate. We suffored all the rest of the party to pass quietly along, and then returned to the ford. I lifted Helen with the utmost care tnd carried her like an infant to the middle of tbewsier. Joalously had inspired a warmer Jove, and it was with feolings unknown before that I embraced her lovely form, and felt tho pressure of her soft cheek against mine. All went swimmingly, or rather wadingly, for a minuto. But alas, in the deepest part of the ford, I trod on a treacherous piece of wood, which rested, I suppose, on a smooth stone. Over I rolled, bearing Helen with me, nor did , jve rise until fairly soaked from head to foot. J need not describe the taunts of Donald, or the more accursing silence of Helen. Both believed that I had fallen from mere weakness, and my rival demonstrated his superior ability, bearing her a long distance on our homeward pat.br. ,As we approached the house, fdoling dry ajnd better humored, Bhe attempted to conciliate me. But I preserved a moody silence. I was mortified beyond redress. That night I packed upa fsw things and ran away. My boyish mind, sensitive and irritated, exaggerated the negation which it had received, ind prompted roe to a course which fortunately led to better results than generally attend such irregularities. I went to Edinburgh, "here I found an uncle, a kind-hearted, hilillesa man. who ears me a place la bis house, and employed me in his business. Wealth flow4 in upon Dim. - Became ms partner went abroad resided four years on ih continent : and finally returned to 800U jand, rich, educated, in short everything but married. Ona avenint while at a ball in Glassfron wasstruck young lad tf unpretending appearanco, but whose remarkablo beauty and high-toned expression, indicated a mind of more than ordinary power. I was introduced, but tho Scottish names had long been unfa miliar to my car, and I could not catch hers. It was Helen something, and there was some thing in her face, too, that seemed familiar something suggestive of pleasure and pain. Uut we became well acquainted that even ing. 1 learned without dilllcuity her History. She was from tho country, had been educated, her parents had lost their property, and she was now a governess in a family in the city. I was fascinated by her conversation, and was contniually reminded by hor grace and re finement of manner, that she was capable of moving with a distinguished success in a fur higher sphere than that which fortune seemed to have allotted her. J. am naturally neitner talkative nor prone to confidence ; but there was that in this young lady which inspired both, and I conversed with her as I had never conversed with any. Her questions of the various countries with which I was familiar, indicated a remarkablo knowledge of litera ture, and am incredible store of information, We progressed in intimacy, and as our con versation turned on the causes which induce so many to leave their native land, I laughing' ly remarked that I owed my own travels to falling with a pretty girl into a brook. I had hardly spoken these words, ere the blood mounted to her face, and was succeeded by quito a remarkable paleness. I attributed this to the heat of the room laughed and at her request, proceeded to give the details of my ford adventure with Helen Urariam, which I did, painting in glowing colors the amiabili ty of my love. Her mirth during tho recital became almost irrepressible. At the conclusion she remarked : " Mr. Roberts, is it possible that you have forgotten me 7" I gazed an instant remembered and was dumb-founded. The lady with whom I had become acquainted was Helen Uraham hcrsclt. I hate, and so do you, reader, to needlessly prolong a story. We were soon married.' Helen and I made our bridal visit to the old placo. As we approached it in our carriage, 1 greeted a stout fellow working in the field, who seemed to be a better sort of laborer, or per haps a small farmer, by inquiring some par' ticulars relating to the neighborhood. He an swered well enough, and I was about to give him a sixpence, when Helen stayed my hand, and cried in the old style " Hey, Donald, mon, dinna ye ken ye'rold fren's?" Tho man looked up in astonishment. It was Donald Leon. His amazement at our appearance was heightened by its style ; and it was with the greatest difficulty that we could in-duco him to enter our carringe and answerour numerous queries as to old friends. Ditlorcnt men "start in life " dittcrent ways. I beliove, however, that mine is the only in stance on record of a gentleman who owes wealth and happiness to rolling over with a pretty girl in a stream of water. Fashions at Washington. By some singular and unaccountable streak of good luck, a Western editor actually made a raise of sufficient " wherewith " to bear his expenses down to Washington to attend the Inauguration. While there ho tho't he must see the sights all round, and accordingly tho evening ot the 4th round mm among tne countless throng that visited the huge danc ing shed erected for that grand occasion. 1 he editor became excited took notes on the back of an uncollected subscription bill and after his return homo, perpetrated the following : " Tho dancing hero was somewhat 'pecooliar.' It was mainly quadrilles, so called, ranged crossways of tho Hall, with head sets only in contra dance style. Tho changes were few and simple, such as right and lcit, lorward and back, ladies change and then repeated. There wcro no side sets no regular cotnions at all. This want of variety in this Metro politan dancing was, however, fully made up by tho fancy flings, such as tho Waltz and Polka. These wcro absolutely naruarous. Tho old-fashioned Waltz, tho morality of which even Byron called in question, is hero ignored as altogether too cold and distant. The lady here lays her head on the'gentlo-man's bosom, puts one hand in his and the other in his coat tail pocket, then resigns herself to his embraces, and goes to sleep, all but her feet, which, when notcarnod by him clear off tho floor, goes pattering around on the tips of her toes. Tho gentleman thus entwined, throws his hoad back and his eyes up like a dying calf; his body bent in the shapo of a figure 4, ho whirls, baeKS up, swings arouna, swoons, to all appearances, pusnes iorwaru. aud leaves the ring, to tho great delight of all decent people." Public Opinion of Crime. The Albany Evening Journal thus tersely describes tho popular effect of a great crime : There are just three stages oi popular ex citement over a great crime : First, tho bloodthirsty, wnicn is lor seizing somebody on the slightest suspicion, and stringing him up on the nearest tree. Or, it is for poking him into the fire with pitchforks, because " hanging is too good for him." This lasts till tho culprit is undor sontence, lock, and key. Xhon the compassionate, wnen jurors sign petitions for his pardon, and judges regret the severity of the sentence j when turnkeys praise his gentlemanly manners, and clergymen his repentant spirit j when boys obtain his autograph, and women treasure up locks of his hair. These are tho times that try the souls of Governors. And then the contemptuous, which if dead, sneers over his coffin ; if living, bids him go starve out of the way of honest men, and rails at the Executive and Judicial clemency, which it just before besought This is tho history of every murder from Abel down to Burdell. Tho publio always hates criminals before conviction, pities them when convicted, and scorns them when sot free. We do not quarrel with human nature for ficklo phasos ; we must take it as it is. But it should be the watchful care of the ministers of lw that they are not hurried by the first, cajoled by the second, or hardened by the third. (ttr"Dr. Bush told a friend that he was once in company with a lady, a professor of religion, who was speaking of the pleasure she a rW ail a . thn .U..,AM 1M .Via mninff utibiiwu a, .uvaigi. Ill lvv.vai.ua,. " What, madam I " said he, " do you go to the theatre?" . " Yes," wu the reply, " and don't you go, doctor?" ' " No, madam," said he, " I never go to such places." " Why, sir, do you not go ? Do you think it sinful 7 " said she. He replied, "I never will publish to the world that I think Jesus Christ a bad master, and religion an unsatisfying portion, which I hould do If I went on the devil's ground in auest of h&rroiness." ' This argument was short, but .conclusive. Tb lady concluded not to go. Jriictcgiiiicj vliiricl(j. Ilia. GIDDINQS TO MR. BENTON. Jeffeiisos, Feb. 17, W57. Hon. Thomas H. Bestos : Sir In tho re ports of your lecture on " Saving the Union," recently delivered in -Sew England and New York, you are represented as saying, " the Constitution of the United Statessetsout with the declaration that ' tfaves are property.' " That view of our Constitution is cortainly im portant. If correct, it should bo understood and admitted by .Northern men ; if incorrect, it should bo promptly met and exposed. I he doctrine that man, bearing tho image of his God, immortal in his hopes, and aspira tions, can be translormcd into proporty, changed from the human to the brute creation, is repugnant to the teachings of nature and of revelation ; in direct contradiction to the intentions and understanding of those who founded our government ; in conflict with tho convictions and objects of thoso who framed our Constitution ; and is contradicted in tho most emphatic-manner by tho spirit and letter ot that instrument. It is repugnant to the julgmenl of mankind. In no ago of the world, in no part of creation, has a being existed in tho form of man, with the ordinary intellect possessed by our race, who did not feel conscious that no other per son could have rightful power over his life, his liberty, or his labor. This consciousness was infused into the soul of man. Neither you, nor the most strenuous advocato oi Slavory, ever did, or ever will admit that you can be disrobed of your manhood, transferred into a bruto and made the property of your brother man. Xou are conscious that your lungs are inflated by your own inspiration : your limbs move at tho instaneo of your own will, and not at the instaneo of another ; your hands cultivate the earth and gather its fruits under guidance of your own judgment, and if you fail to feed and nourish your body agreeably to the demands of nature, you die. When you have obtained for the nourishment of your own body, you will not admit the right of another to take it from you. You are conscious that such robbery would bo wrong, an offense against natural justice. Yet these propositions are merely self-evident truths, standing parallel with the absolute right of every man to his own body and tho use of his own limbs, I be south oca cannibals kill and eat the bodies of thoso whom they conquer; but even tho New Zelandcr denies the right of others to slay and eat him. He is fully conscious of his right to enjoy his own lite, liberty and In bor ; and will shed his blood in defending those rights. He holds that "allegiance to the power which gave him the form, requires him to defend the rights of man," and Sheridan spoke truly whon in 1702 ho declared that " never yet was this truth dismissed from the human heart, never in any time, in any age, never in any clime where rude men had any social feelings, never was this unextinguishiable truth destroyed from the heart of man, placed as it is in the core and center by his Creator, that Jiiaii was not made the property of man." Tho doctrine that Slaves are property is op posed to tho teachings of Mature and or Revelation.In our Slave States men arc held and treated as property. The owners attach to them tho incidents of property. They regard the wholo physical and moral being of the slave subservient to the interest of his owner. Ihey seek to prolong tho lives of tho slaves so far as will be profitable to tho master, and.no longer. They drive him so hard as to procure death at that period which tho owners believe most conducive to their interest. It is a well ascertained fact that twenty-five thousand murders are thus eommittcd on Southern plantations annually, under the excuse that slaves are property. I need not say that such barbarity is revolting to all the feelings of our nature.Sir, I feel deeply pained, when I reflect that a man of your political intelligence charges our Federal Constitution with such heathenish barbarity. Nature teaches us that the design and ob ject of human cxistenco is to elevate and un told tho intellect, the spirit, tho soul of man : that tho body is merely tho tenement, the habitation of the soul, to be nourished and mado healthy in order to render it an agreeable dwelling for the moral being. Constitutions and Laws may direct your body and limbs to obey another man. Slaveholders and Pirates may command them to do their bidding, but they cannot control them until they enslave your mind, degrado it, shut up the windows of the soul, enshroud it in moral darkness, and prevent its expansion, its eleva tion, its enjoyment. We shudder at the con templation ot such violation ol nature's laws. ISor is tho doctrine less repugnant to revo lution. The Scripture informs us that tho Creator gavo to man dominion over the fish of the sea, the fowl of tho air, and over the cattle and over all the earth. Those are property. The Creator himself drew a very marked dis tinction between persons and property, and no human laws or human constitutions can obliterate tho line of demarcation which He has drawn. Neither pirates nor slaveholders, nor piratical legislatures, can transform the imago of God into that of tho brute. True, they may call men brutes, or declare them property; but they retain the human Term and the soul though wronged, dwarted and impns oned in the dark dungeon of Slavery, will burn with immortal desiro and will break from its imprisonment and loavo the owner naught but an offensive, putrifying carcass, that he may retain and use as property ; while tho man will repair to tho bar of retributive justico,and make his appeal against those who attempt to convert immortal beings into brutes. If there be any mandate of Scriptures ol Christianity binding on man, it is that which commands us to "do unto others whatsoever we would have them do unto us," and he who holds his fellow man as property, while he is himself unwilling to be converted into a brute, is an infidel, I am aware that vou will answer that preach ers, evon doctors of divinity, teach us that men may innocently hold and treat their brethren of the same church as property; that men may rightfully buy and soil the image ot trod ; may without guilt sell the Savior in tho per son of His followers. I reply, that such teachers are not only infidels, but thoy are hypocrites.They are far more depraved than were those Algerines, who near the close of the lost century, seized and enslaved our American citizens, and held and treated them as property. The civilized world pronounced them heathen, barbarians, pirates, unfit for human association. Our nation sent a navy and army; and butchered them without mercy, and rescued their victims from bondage. But you and every other reflecting man will admit that those Algerines, bred and educated under Mahomedan superstition, were less atrocious, and far less guilty, than are those Doctors of Divinity referred to j yet, they were worthy of death, and were slain while torn preachors of our land ire permitted to live, and unrestrained they endeavor tocorruptourholy religion, by teach ing tho most revolting inlidclty that evor curs ed tho earth. Tho doctrino that slaves are property, is in direct contradiction to tho understanding and purposes of thoso who achieved our National independence. At the time of our revolution, the rights of mankind had long agitated tho civilized world. Tho divino right of Kings, tho division of mankind into classes, with various privileges, had surrounded the people of the old world with institutions which bad become petrified with age. Thcso ideas and doctrines were discarded by our fathors, who declared that all men hold from their creator equal rights to life, liberty, and happiness. No language could have been more explicit; no form of expression could have been better understood. If the Constitution regards slaves as property, our Declaration of Independence was an aggregation of falsehoods, and the revolution itself was a fraud upon mankind. The doctrine that slaves are property, is opposed to the expressed intentions of thoso who framed our Constitution In tho Convention which framed tho Constitution, a proposition was made to tax the importers of slaves. Mr. Sherman objected that such a tax would imply that slaves were property. Mr. Gerry declared that as " Congress would have no power over tho institution within the States, we ought to be careful to lend no sanction to it." And Mr. Madison, since styled the father of that charter of liberty declared it would bo wrong to admit in the Constitution that men can hold property in men ; and the language was so changed as to read thus : " A tax of not more than ten dollars for each person, might be levied," thereby excluding the idea of property. This was done by tho unanimous consent of the convention. Not a member objected to Mr. Madison's views. It is clear that the framors of tho Constitution, so far from declaring slaves to be property, expressed an intention directly opposed to such a proposition. The doctrino that slaves are property is emphatically contradicted by the spirit and letter of that instrument. The objects for which it was adopted pervade every section, article and paragraph. It was adopted " to establish justice," not to establish injusticcand crime. Tho framers de clare it was adopted "to secure the blessings.of liberty ; not to uphold tho curse ot slavery, or to maintain tho barbarous doctrine that man may be converted into property. But the peo-plo'had contended, they had toiled, had fought and bled to establish the heaven born truth, that all men have equal rights to life, liberty and labor; and although tho Constitution maintained that doctrino in its purpose and spirit, the people felt that a more explicit declaration of this great principle ought to be boldly and especially proclaimed in it ; and some of tho States proposed an amendment, declaring that "no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law ;" that is without trial and conviction for crime. Virginia felt that this amor -'.mcnt would be fatal to all future right to proporty in man, unless it were within the Stato jurisdiction. Her convention therefore proposed to limit the amendment to free men making it read that " no free man shall bo deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law' The issuo was thus fairly made ; it was fairly met and fairly decided. The requisite number of states declared in favor of tho amendment as it now reads ; and it was adopted, and is a part of tho federal Constitution ; and every timo you and I havo taken tho oath of office as members of Congress, we have sworn that so far as wo had influenco and power, " no person shall be deprived of lifo, liberty or property without due process of law." If you have sworn to regard slaves, or any other portion of our race, as property, you do well to let tho country know it. It is the doctrino of Judge Kane, it is tho doctrine of Senator Toombs, it is tho doctrine of President Pierce, of slaveholders and tho Democratic party. If true, tho slave dealer may not merely bring his slaves into and through our frco States, but he may open a market for his women in Stato street Boston, Wall street New York, or in Chestnut street Philadelphia. He may traffic in mankind in any free State. I need not say that Congress has at all times discarded this proposition when brought up for discussion in that body. I need not refer to tho fact that it was fully argued before the Supreme Court in 1842. That Judge M'Lean, to his honor and imperishable fame as a christian j urist, gave an elaborate and able decision, declaring that the "fcdoral Constitution does' not regard slaves as property." Nor need I say that Chief Justice Taney agreed with him. Nor need I say that tho record shows that the other members of the Court failed to meet the question, not daring to insult the nation or the spirit of civilization, by declaring tho doctrine which you assert. I, sir, have ceased, for the timo being, to mingle in tho great political conflict now going on in our nation. I am disabled and removed from the scene of strife, but I yet linger upon the field, watching the tide of battle, as it moves slowly onward. I can only aid the lovers of liberty with my pen and my prayers. -Hero tho reports of your lecturo reached me, and stimulated me to give some fccblo expression to the emotions I folt on reading the opinion which you advanced. No argument can over attach Bcpublicans, lovers of liberty, to a Union or a Constitution, sustaining the barbarous, tho heathenish, tho in-fidol principles which you ascribe to our federal Constitution. If tho Union and the Constitution bo preserved, it must bo by carrying out the doctrine, tho spirit in which thoy were adopted, and not by cngiafting on the chartor of liberty a doctrino so abhorrent to its letter and spirit. It is with emotions of pleasure, of gratitudo to God and my countrymen, that I contemplate a great, a powerful, and increasing party in our nation, basing its doctrines ana its nopos, upon tho self-evident truth that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and property. Each member of that party is solemnly sworn, that "noporson" under federal jurisdiction, shall be deprivod of these God-given rights, if their influonce or powor can prevent it. I would cheer every member of the Republican party, in his efforts to maintain its doctrines by steady, firm, combined and unceasing labor, exhorting them to oast aside all differences of opinion upon other and minor subjects, unite upon the great political, moral, and religious truths, which constitute their platform, and toil on and toil ever, until our country shall be redeemed from the control of men, who would prostitute its powers to degrade a portion of the human family brutalize and convert them into property. Very Respectfully, J. R. GIDDINGS, 02T The premium of $200, announced in 1858, for the best tract on " The Family Re lation as affected by Blavory," has been awar ded by tne uommittee to vt. Uharios ft. Whipple, of Eoston. Ii)kh'3i!ni Jrifvlilcjciicc. ADJOURNMENT OP THE Tl'.RlllTO-1IIAL LEGISLATURE! THE LAWS PASSED. MEMBERS APPOIXTINO THEMSELVES TO OFFICE. THE GOVERNOR GIVEN UP. The Governor and the Legislature Rec onciled and get druuk together. Correspondence of tha Cincinnati Gazette. Lecomptoh, K. T., Feb. 23, '67. The fraudulent Assembly of Missouri-elect ed men, who have again been making laws tor tho territory, have concluded their labors and adjourned. It was confidently expected by thoso who are called the " Geary men " here, that this session would bo marked by moderation, and the repeal of all obnoxious laws. So far from this being tho case, the little of repeal there was is a more mockery, and they have enacted many laws more out rageous even than thoso of last session, and far more dangerous to the public pcaco. Somo of the laws they have mado would have disgraced any of tho despotisms of Europe. A great mass of legislative matter in the shape of general laws, bills and charters, has been enacted. Gov. Geary has signed every bill presented except three. The first was tho bail bill, to bail murder cases. The second was a lawaboutpre-empt-ing the school lands. This was not very important. It would have been passed over his veto, but was forgotten. Tho third was the constitutional or census bill, under which the steps for State government are to be taken by the Pro-slavery party. This bill tho Gover nor vetoed. It passed over his veto unani mously. Tho election law for the next general elec tion in October is a very unjust law. Its provisions prevent any but thoso listed at tho March census under the constitutional census from voting. That census is the basis of the appointment. The Territory is re-districted. ine law win exclude all tho bona fide emigration of this spring from voting, while every Missourian who is on the list will be allowed to vote. It is needless to say that no peaceful or satisfactory settlement of the difficulties can be had in tho territory, while the United States government upholds these vile usurpations. Thoso who expect that the people can be subdued thus will find it a fearful mistake. But it may cost the country and Kansas much. There 'were tw-o joint sessions held, in which tho Legislature elected officers for the people throughout the Territory. In all the new counties that havo been organized, county Judges, Commissioners, and shcritls, have been elected. All vacancies that have occurred have been filled, and where men formerly appointed were not supposed to be sound, they were removed and others elected. A message was sent to the Governor, demanding if he had taken it upon himself to appoint any of- licers, and if any, to send the particulars to them, and his authority for doing so. This was supposed to mean tho militia officers ho commissioned. I he Governor gave up the point. It is all left with this Legislature. Prosecuting Attorneys have been elected by this- Legislature. All of tho militia officers, above the rank of Captain, havo been selected by them. Those officers appoint all subordinates. A bill to allow the companies to elect their own officers was defeated in the Council. It is a disgraceful fact that this Legislature is electing its own members to all the offices of importance in tho Territory, borne of them get two or three offices. All the others who have got othec are the most notorious and wild of tho Pro-slavery men, such as will carry out the corrupt laws ot their corrupt masters. Deputy Marshal Preston, who brought liov. Robinson from Lexington, Missouri, last June, to the Territory, and who had a requisition for his prisoner, on tho Governor of Missouri, has had a bill passed granting him $370 for his services and expenses. This is over and above his fees as Deputy Marshal. 1 ho Legislature adjourned some timo in the night between Friday and Saturday. During that night, most ot the members were tipsy. and many of them pretty drunk. They passed the following resolutions : Whereas, Tho relations existing between the Executive and Legislative branches of our territorial government are of the most friendly kind, therefore be it Resolved, by the House or Ueprcscntntiveg, the council concurring, That the two Houses proceed, at tho closo of the session to-night, to visit his Excellency at his otbco, and exhibit such friendly feelings as becomes one branch of our government to show anothor, with assurance of regard and esteem for his individ ual weltare. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to his Excellency, and another for publication. Uov. Geary invited the members of the Leg islature to visit him at the close of the session. Having adjourned, they went to the Governor's rooms and had a grand jolification, most of them getting drunk. Speeches were made. Gov. Geary mode one and complimented the laws they had mado, and assured thorn ho would see them enforced. CARRAWAY. From tho Correspondence of tho Mo. Democrat. Important Facts to Kansas Em- grants. 1. Kansas has an area of 114,798 square miles. 2. Tho land at present open to pre-emp tion is large enough to accommodate 75,000 families, or half a million of persons, exclusive of the population of cities, towns and villages. 3. Kansas is the garden as well as geo graphical centre of the United States. . its climate is genial ana ncaitny, and its soil of unsurpassed fertility. b. ll has wood enough lor all practical pur poses. o. Uoal linnks have been discovered in eve ry district of tho Territory. 7. It is intorsected in every direction by running streams ; pure water is found, at moderate depth, in every part of the Territory. 8. 1 here are numbers or salt springs a few miles westward of Fort Riloy. 9. The land will bo sold at s dollar and a ouartcr per acre. 10. Every man has the poer, if not the legal right, to sell his claim before he pays for it ; and if he selects iudioiously, ha will find no trouble in disposing of it. A. great doal of money can be made in this way by young men who have the courage to " rough it " and the industry to improve their claims. 11. Every tntlo adult or widow is entitled under the laws of Congress, to pre-empt 160 acres ; and they are not required to pay for it until tho time of the publio sale. 12. Land warrants those issued in 1850 excepted will be taken in paymont of pre emptiou claims. 13. Those men Free Stato men who cannot raise $'100, when their land falls due, will find no difficulty in borrowing it, or in mortgaging their farm. 14. All the Indian tribes are friendly v the Free State men. 15. Stone masons, carpenters, blabksmi jhs, plasterers, wagon makers, gun smiths, cabinet makers, teamsters, brick makers, shoe makers, tailors, painters, butchers, pedlars, men willing to work at any manual labor, may emigrate to tho Territory ns soon as navigation opens and find little difficulty, if any, in procuring steady work and remunerative wages. 16. For the services of rcspcctablo young women as teachers, domestic helps and scam-stresses, there is a great demand in every new country and especially so in Kansas. 17. Wliilo Kansas is pre-eminently tho country for the poor man, it holds out advantages equally encouraging for tho man of limited fortune. While a man without a dollar can find remunerative work, the small capitalist or storekeeper will increase his fortune more rapidly there than in any other territory in the United States. 18. Ho can do it by buying Trust Lands, town lots, claims, or by loaning money on good security at a heavy rate of interst 19. Ho can do it more rapidly still, by establishing work shops or stores ; by building and renting houses; by keeping a hotel or erecting a snw-mill. There are openings enough for all thjse enterprises and every variety of them in every town and district of Kansas. 20. Claims can be purchased around all the inland towns in Kansas. The price do-ponds very much on tho means of the settler the shrewdness of the buyer, tho character of ho sou and the location of the claim. 21. A log hut can bo built on a claim for from $50 to $100. 22. The price of horses, cows and work ing cattle in Kansas, and in tho adjoining counties of Missouri, is about the same as in the middle and New Lngland States. 23. Prairio land can bo broken from tho 1st of May till the middlo of September here, for $3 per acre. 24. Ono team will break from two to two and a half acres a day. ?ii?Ci:liqi()ccq?. fCr Captain John Brown otherwiso " Old Brown "tho Ethan Allen of Kansas is now in Boston. We see by tho papers that he addressed a largo meeting at tho Stato House on tho 18th inst. In speaking of his career in Kansas, ho mentioned several circumstances which it will bo interesting to repeat. "On or about tho 20th of May, two ol my sons, with several others, wore imprisoned without other crime than opposition to bogus legislation, and most barbariously treated for a timo ono being held about ono month, the other about four months. Ono of them was chained, and suffered such cruelty that he was made a maniac." At Black Jack, tho invading Missounans wounded three free State men, one of them his son-in-law, and a few days afterwards ono of his sons was so wounded that he would bo a cripple for life. "In August I was present and saw tho mangled and disfigured body of Hoyt brought into our camp." " I saw the ruins of many free State men's houses at different places in the Territory, to gether with grain in the stack burning and wasted in other ways to tho amount ot at least $50,000. " I know that for much of the time during the summer the travel was cut off, and none but armed men dare move at all. " Deserted houses and corn fields were to be found in almost every direction south of the Kansas river. " I saw the burning of Ossawattomie by a body of four to six hundred ruffians on the 30th of August. "I once saw three mangled bodies two ol which were dead, one alive, but with twenty bullet and buckshot holes in him, after the two murdered men had lain on the ground to be worked at by the flies for some eighteen hours. One of these young men was my own son." The old man paused and struggled to suppress his emotion. tlo then proceeded to mention other horri ble things that he saw men uiurdored and mangled, house-burnings, &e. Married her Father's Coachman. Mr. John G. Bokcr is a rather prominent importer of wines and liquors, doing business in New York. Mr. Bolter's residence is in Tarrytown, where he keeps a turn-out and a coachman. He spends the winter in the city with his son-in-law, Mr. Louis Funk, Jr. Mr. Boker has a daughtor, Mary Ann,twenty-two years old, and for a year or two past has had an Irish coachman, John Dean, with a very red face, an honest broguo, and a hearty, simple manner modost, too, for an Irishman. It must havo been rather lonely in Tarrytown ; thoy lived there only three ta the family Mr. and Mrs. Boker and Mary Ann liked to ride out with the coachman, liked to take tho air it was necessary to her health liked to see the country, and finally included the coachman in her liking, and at last tnoy were married. On Saturday evening John camo to the office of Mr. Charlos 8. Sponcer, in Broadway, to get his wire. John was as-surred that his wife should bo restored to him; Mr. Spencer at once drew up a pctitiou for a writ of habeas corpus, and before to-morrow's sun the romantic bride will doubtless be restored to hor sturdy husband. Aw l'ork litbune. (fcJ-Thc majority of rcadors seem to think that nothing can be more easy or pleasant than to edit a paper; but of all tho different employments by which men make thoir bread and buttor, thore is none, we firmly belicTO, that so taxes the mind, temper and tlesh as that of editing a paper. There is none that requires a nicer tact.a quicker wit, or a kinder heart. A curtish temper could novor succeed as an editor ; nor a narrow-minded man, nor an ignorant one, nor a hasty one, nor an unforgiving one. An editor must of necessity turn himsolf innido out to the public. He cannot be a hypocrite any more than a husband could be a hypocrite to his wife. He must expose himself in all that he does, as much irj selecting tho thoughts of others as in publishing bis own, and therefore the better way for him In the outsot is to begin frankly, to save himsolf from after contradictions and mortifications. Whoover succeeds tolorably well as an editor, is something more than an ordinary man lot his contemporaries think of him as tbey will. , (fir An old man .when dangerously sick, was urged to take the advice of a physician, but objected, saying, "I wish to die a natural ovor . - ...... .. .., , .. 03r During the year 1856 there were fifty-seven deaths by delirium tremens in the Charity Hospital at Sew Orleans. COMMON SCHOOLS IX OHIO. Wo have received tho third Annual Report of the State Commissioner ofCommon Schools, to the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, fur tho year ending August 31, 1S56, , It is a solid pamphlet of ono hundred and eight pages, and contains a vaHt doal of valuable mat-the respecting the present condition, the post history, and tho future requirement of eur Common Schools. From the reports of the County Auditors fur the year ending August 31, 1856, it appears the total number of townships reported by their boards of education was 1,357. i The total number of special and separate, school districts reported by the boards of education of cities, towns and incorporated villages, was 250. The total number of sub-districts reported, was 8,983. , . Of this number 8,311 were each composed of territory lying in ono township, and 672 were "joint sub-districts," so called from boing composed of territory lying in two or more adjacent townships. Tho total number of white and colored youth in October, 1856, was 826,680. The number enrolled during the year was 561,315; the number in avorago daily attendance was 322,643. , Tho number of teachers employed in 1855 was 17,813 males, 9,449 ; females, 8,364. Tho average wages, per month, paid to teachers was, to males $20,70 ; to females, $15,63, Tho wholo amount of money paid for teachers' wages in the several cities, townships, and incorporated villages from which reports have been rocoived, was, to males, $1,023,212,29 : to females, $531,194,95; total $1,654,707,24. The amount of taxes levied and collected in tho townships, cities, and incorporated villa, ges, for purchasing school-houso sites, building, furnishing, and repairing school-houses, providing fuel, cases for books and apparatus, and other contingent expenses, was $1,066.-762,22.The amount received from the State, being the proceeds of tho State School tax, sales ut section 16, precceds of different School Funds, licenses, fines, &c, $1,339,681,55. Tho wholo number of school-houses in the Stato as reported, was 8,114 ; total valne of the same $3,270, 691. The whole number of school houses built during the year, as repor ted, was bZi ; total valuo ot the same, $374,-547.Besides these statistics, the report contains many valuable suggestions nnd observations of tho Commissioner, Mr. Barney, on the operation of the School Law ; needed modifica tions, arc, of great advantage to schuol directors, examiners, and teachers. , From a tabular statemont of the reported condition of schools in this State fur twenty years, as reported, we take the following aggregate : Number of children enrolled, 4,098,. 437; number of teachers employed, 158,623 ; amount paid teachers, $8,897,888 ; number of school houses built, 9,718 ; cost of same, $2.-385,706. Over eleven millions expended on teachers and school houses In twenty years I Who believes it is wasted? In this matter wo can truly say, what we spent we've got. Cleveland Leader. " ill faking the Best ot It. , It is rumored that the family whoso daughter has lately entered into a matrimonial alii-' ance with an Irish coachman, have decided to-put tho "groom" into a crucible, and refine and educate him up to the standard of "re-, spcctability." In the meantime, all the good ' looking " whips " of the Fifth avenue are gat-ting their walking tickets ; and hereafter, the ; advertisement for coachmen, will read none but tho ugliest looking (and married at that) need apply. P. S. We don't know why upportendom should turn up its dainty nose at the smell of 1 the stable, while one of its most pretentious representatives kept a small livery stablo but a fow years cince; and all the "eternal per-r fume" faom the Holy City cannot wholly' eradicate his native airs. jV. Y. Mirror. Divorce Wauled. , In the House of Representatives, Ind.. Mr. Laruo presented the following petition : Dated Petersburg, Tipton county. To tho . Senate and House of Representatives in session. I pray you to grant mo a bill of divorce from my wife, Caroline Bunch as she wants one, to be free from me, and I want to be frco from her. Sho has violated all laws of husband and wife. We have separated. The viola- ' tion is bad. So I pray your honors, and you , all have authority, to send us a bill of divorce as this is your busines. I pray you grant me this request. Send it to Petersburg, Tipton county, Indiana. Send it soon, as she wants to go to Uino as soon as it is obtainod. , WM. S. BUNCH. ' The petition was referred to the Committee on Benevolent Institutions. ' Confusion 'Worse Confounded. A lawyer with an immense beard was bad gering a witness in one of the Canada courts:'7 "Now, my good man, have the goodness to loc k me full in the face, and explain what has caused the confusion under which yon confes sedly labor. As a general rule people are not apt to bo so much put abojit when tellin.; the simplo voracitudo. I fear that you have too good cause for humming and hawing after this preposterous fashion." " eul, sir," responded tho witness, who wo may state was a native of North Britton " if you must have the truth you will have it. I he thing that sae sairly confuses me, and puts me about, is that buck's tail hanging frae your lower lip ! " Mighty, adds tho Toronto Globo. was the shout of laughter which the retort evoked. As Orisios. A wostorn chap gives us views of tho New York woman in this way r " Somewhere in every circumleronce of silk; velvet and cctry that ngglcs along Broadway thars alius a woman, I 'spoiw ; but how much; of the holler is filled up with meat, and how ' much is gnmmon, the meer spectatur ken ner. er no. A feller marry s a site, and finds, when, it comes to the pint, that he has niithin in his arms but a regular anatomy. Ef men is gay decevcrs, wat's to be scd of a lemnlo that dres ses for a hundred and forty weight, buthasent rocly as much fat on her as would greess - griddle. All of the aparicnt plumbneas eon- c sisting of cotton and whalebone." ' ,.- .--'Z (r F. B. Harrison, of J ones county,' -tf C ' publishes an offer of $50 for the recovery of his boy Sara, or $100 for his head equivalent -" to $50 premium for the murder of his runs- t way. Two justkas of the peace also issue a notice against Sam, with permission that if ha f does not return immfdiataljt, "any person many kill and destroy tha said slave, by aucH meant as he it ther mar think fit. without accusation or Impeachment of any Crime of of- , fense for so doing, and without incurring any penalty and forfeiture thereby." I 0 ' mi III '. . . ., I (7 The Iowa Legislature ban chattered C bridge company at Burlington, and . a rthor at Keokuk, to bridge the MiRsifv.ppi. to il '). -1 'I V